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Off the Rails: Shrieking Intern, Indoor Waterfalls and a David Bowie Takeover

The subway went from soggy to Ziggy Stardust-studded, in just a matter of days.

By Jessy Edwards •Published April 20, 2018•Updated on April 20, 2018 at 12:33 pm

Darcy Spencer

Every day, 5.6 million people ride the subway; more people than the entire population of New Zealand. When you mix that many bodies, some wild weather and a couple of tricky elevators -- and then sprinkle a little bit of Ziggy Stardust-- you might just get what we saw in the New York City subway this week.

From a waterfall coming down inside a station to lines around the corner for David Bowie MetroCards, we've rounded up our top 4 moments from the New York subway from Apr.. 13 to Apr. 19.

Many commuters were frustrated during Thursday’s delay-plagued subway commute. One woman in particular had a total meltdown. Video shows her screaming hysterically, “I’m gonna be laaaaate” while on a stuck train (Credit: Adena Andrews)

The panicked wail heard around the subway station could easily have been the rallying cry of so many New Yorkers taking the subway on any given day: "I'M GONNA BE LAAAAATE!"

Sports writer Adena Andrews captured the commuter's startling scream while stuck at the Nostrand Avenue C train platform in Brooklyn last Thursday morning, and by Friday the extremely relatable video was making the rounds on social media.

Turns out the hysterical rider had an internship she had to get to, but she was held up by a police investigation delaying traffic on the A and C lines.

Other riders appeared momentarily startled, while one bystander on the platform is heard muttering, "This woman needs to chill"

Crazy video taken at the 145th Street/Broadway subway station shows a man battling upstream to get out of the underground as water gushes down the station stairs. MTA staff told NBC 4 the City sewer drain was blocked, backing up to the point water flowed around the corner, on to the sidewalk and into the uptown station entrance. The video was taken after torrential rains hammered New York City Monday morning. Full story and forecast details here.

On Monday, the tri-state awoke to a punishing rainstorm that saw dozens trapped in submerged cars in New Jersey and many more terrorized by gushing water in subway stations across Manhattan.

A sheet of water was seen raining down in front of the open doors of a train inside the Bryant Park Station, while one man was captured battling upstream to exit the No. 1 train station at 145th Street and Broadway.

All he wanted to do was get his beers up the escalator on a trolley. It wasn’t as easy as it seemed.

Another day, another commuter catapulted to fame through Instagram.

Video of a man trying to get his shopping cart full of beer onto the subway escalator at the Essex Street station was posted to the popular Subway Creatures account, where it garnered hundreds of thousands of views and more than 1,500 comments.

Filmmaker Bingham Bryant captured the man's struggle: with his cart loaded to the brim with cases of Budweiser and Heineken, the man tries to push it onto the escalator steps. But physics is against him, and the beers end up falling off and riding the escalator to the top by themselves.

Bags of plastic bottles suddenly split open on the escalator at Jay Street-MetroTech station in Brooklyn Friday morning, nearly causing a human pile-up. Video by John Becker.

Dog of the Week

This little guy lost his way- Anyone recognize this pup? Our officers found him a few mins ago near Hoyt/Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn- Please reply back or call Transit District 30 at 718-797-1788 so we can can get him home pic.twitter.com/s7jASHFPnc